Pittsfield Schools Begin Pilot Sex Curriculum Plan
About 30 Pittsfield teachers and public health nurses completed an in service sex education program. A K 6 pilot curriculum will be developed at Tucker School with Mrs Lil lian Bernhagen leading the study team. If successful the plan may expand to all schools in 1970 71. A junior high pilot will also start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Tucker School
Lillian F. Bernhagen
Worthington
Ohio
Bernhagen
Tucker
Daniel B. Della Giustina
Richard H. Mezejewski
Rice
Pasquale Bruni
Winifred Green
State Department of Education
North Junior High
John T. Reid
Louis J.hebert
Benefit Program for Berkshire Museum Tonight
Desserts from around the world will be served at the Berkshire Museum annual benefit. Flowers flags and posters of many countries will decorate the display. The film Sandefjord Her Voyage Around the World with special score plays at 8 in the Little Theatre introduced by Patrick Cullen. Proceeds fund museum youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Museum
Peyton Townes
Prentice Bradley
James Beakey
Peter Alderwick
NEW Continues Search for Headquarters
The North End Workers neighborhood antipoverty agency seeks a larger headquarters to replace the current 210 Wahconah St. facility. A committee led by James R. Creran continues the search. Red Cross and Boy Scouts offered cooperation for activities. Radio classes by Raymond Farrarin ended for the season and will resume in fall. A rummage sale is planned for May 41 to raise funds for NEW projects, chaired by Anita L. Floyd and Grace Cerretta, with item drop offs at the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Antipoverty Agency
Wahconah St
James R. Creran
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Raymond Farrarin
Toney
Anita L. Floyd
Grace Cerretta
Adams landlord offers profits diverted to repairs
AEF Realty Corp of Williamstown faces a July health deadline to renovate 27 Columbia Street apartments to meet state codes. The firm proposed dropping profits and letting tenants use funds for repairs, with rent pooled to cover expenses and renovations. Attorney Grandchamp notes displacement concerns for the 21 families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ADAMS
AEF Realty Corp
Williamstown
Adams Board of Health
AEF
Columbia Street
Board of Health
AET
Philip H. Grandchamp
Retiring Head Of County Legion To Be Honored
Paul N. Harris of Lanesboro retiring county commander of District 1 of the American Legion will be honored at a testimonial dinner May 17 at the Green Door in Lanesboro. He completes a one year term and all department and state heads are expected. Proceeds begin at 6 30 p.m. Tickets available from Mrs Judy Lumpus Claude Rawlings or Alfred K Persip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul N. Harris
Lanesboro
American Legion
Green Door
Harris
Judy Lummus
Claude Rawlings
Alfred K. Persip
Wilson to represent Pittsfield at Phi Delta Kappa conference
George W. Wilson a Pittsfield High School teacher will represent Pittsfield Public Schools at a Phi Delta Kappa conference at the University of Massachusetts on minorities and the educational establishment. The event runs Friday and Saturday with groups of 12 and intensive confrontation and sensitivity training guided by consultants from minority groups trained at the Human Relations Center of American International College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Wilson
Pittsfield High School
Pittsfield
Phi Delta Kappa
University of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Human Relations Center
American International College
Conte Pleased With Payment Loan to SBA
Rep Conte reports the ANR Leasing Corp repaid 139600 to the Small Business Administration for mafia linked loans. He vows further hearings to fix SBA procedures and prevent future risky dealings, aiming to end the dangerous relation ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conte
SBA
Washington
Congreman Conte
House
Small Business Administration
New York
ANR Leasing Corp
Work Force Cut On Taconic High in Pittsfield
Architect William Wiese II told the High School Commission that a carpenters strike reduced the Taconic High project workforce from 127 to 47. If the strike ends by Monday, main work could finish by June 15 and landscaping by July 4, with opening planned for September for about 1,250 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenters
Pittsfield
Taconic High School
William Wiese II
High School Commission
Wiese
AIC Official To Talk At Reading Workshop
Robert Kirk Jr., director of American International College's institute for perceptually handicapped, will speak at the ninth in-service reading workshop for Pittsfield teachers tomorrow at 8:30 in Crosby Junior High School. The final workshop next week features Miss Estelle Soilish from Ginn and Co conducting a demonstration class with about 20 Williams School fifth graders on vocabulary and creative writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kirk Jr
American International College
Institute For
Pittsfield
Crosby Junior High School
Estelle Soilish
Ginn and Co
Williams School
Missing 14YearOld Mark Salamone Sought By Police
Police asked Monday to locate 14 year old Mark Salamone of 47 Pollock Ave who has been missing since Sunday. He is 5 feet 7 inches, 120 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He attends South Junior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Salamone
Pollock Ave
South Junior High School
Rebekah Assembly Delegates Named From Local Lodges
Mrs. Inex Morano of 3 Reuter Ave, Mrs. Lina Trumble of 231 West St, and Mrs. Mabel Weatherbee of 158 California Ave served as delegates to the Rebekah Assembly at Ocean House Swampscott over the weekend. Mrs. Morano and Mrs. Trumble represented Silver Star Rebekah Lodge of Pittsfield, while Mrs. Weatherbee represented Golden Link Lodge Adams. Ruth Matthews of Boston, newly elected assembly president, named Grace Beals of 21 Scammell Ave a teller and Morano a page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inex Morano
Reuter Ave
Lina Trumble
West St
Mabel Weatherbee
California Ave
Rebekah Assembly
Ocean House
Swampscott
Morano
Trumble
Silver Star Rebekah Lodge
Pittsfield
Weatherbee
Golden Link Lodge
Adams
Ruth Mathews
Boston
Assembly
Grace Beals
Scammell Ave
Real Estate Sale Pannozzo to Jaffe on Mah kenac Road
Anthony L. Pannozzo sells a house and two parcels of land on Mahkeenac Road in Stockbridge to Jerry E. and Marjorie R. Jaffe. The transaction records a real estate transfer between the parties for property in Stockbridge Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony L. Pannozzo
Jerry E
Marjorie R. Jaffe
Mahkeenac Road
Stockbridge
Fire Dept Will Resume Household Inspections
Pittsfield Fire Department plans to resume daily household inspections in the southwest and later northeast sections, continuing last year’s program to cut fire hazards. Deputy Chief Coy notes two thirds of fires occur in dwellings and cites a rise of 200 city fires last year with 11 more in 1968 than 1967. Teams have contacted 7,944 households and inspected 3,600 homes over the past two years, leaving pamphlets for sitters, markers for invalids, and records at fire alarm HQ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Joseph W. Coy
Coy
Lakewood Club Votes on Dog Trout Measures
The Lakewood Sportsmen's Club met at the Longview Terrace clubhouse to vote on dog restraint enforcement with year round training for hunting dogs and to cut the daily trout bag limit from 12 to 6. Discussion covered Berkshire Hatchery phase out and potential overtake by the County League. Olympio Salterelli was named pheasant dinner chairman for May 18. Angelo Conte to buy game birds from Austerlitz club. Mothers Day party planned at GEAA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood Sportsmen's Club
Longview Terrace
Berkshire County League of Sportsmen's Clubs
Berkshire Hatchery
Hartsville
State Division of Fisheries and Game
County League
Olympio Salterelli
Angelo Conte
Austerlitz
N.Y
GEAA
Wrong Turn Is Costly for City Driver
NORTH ADAMS A Pittsfield woman Virginia L Frye 40 misread a dead end and drove onto a Boston and Maine access road to railroad tracks. Her car wheels bogged on the rails and while she sought help a freight engine No 4748 passed nearby grazing the left front of the car causing about 500 dollars in damage. She escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Virginia L. Frye
West SL
Pittsfield
Boston & Maine
Water Mains Surges Trigger Fire Department Runs
Fire officials report multiple unnecessary runs over the last 24 hours as water main pressure drops set off internal sprinkler alarms citywide. Responders were called to Marland Mold on Peck's Road, England Brothers store, and Eaton Paper Co plants after alarms sounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marland Mold
Peck's Road
England Brothers Department
Eaton Paper Co
Trial Shift Denied In Teresa Case In Berkshire County
Judge Francis J. Quirico refused to move the case of Vincent Teresa 40 from Berkshire County Superior Court. Teresa who was injured in a Turnpike crash faces 58 counts of larceny and conspiracy tied to stolen car sales. He remains hospitalized with chest and back abrasions and a knee injury, bail was removed pending his hospital release, and pretrial publicity was cited as grounds to deny venue change. The court meanwhile set civil jury trials including a contested will from Vincenzo Giudice of Pittsfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Quirico
North Reading
Vincent Teresa
Berkshire County
Teresa
Massachusetts Turnpike
Quirico
Boston
District Attorney's Office
Vincenzo Giudice
Pittsfield
Giudice
State Hospital
Northampton
Navy Lt Gary A Williams Serves In Dawn Patrol Exercise
Navy Lt Gary A Williams son of Alfred R Williams and Mrs Williams of 58 Appleton Ave serves on the ocean minesweeper USS Vigor with the U S 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea His ship joined naval forces from four nations in the annual NATO exercise Dawn Patrol a large routine drill with more than 60 warships and 400 aircraft simulating wartime airstrikes and air defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Gary A. Wiliams
Alfred R. Williams
Appleton Ave
Vigor
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean Sea
High School Commission Silent While Facing Budget Gap
The High School Commission met in closed session to discuss a $110,000 shortfall for the $7.1 million Taconic High School project. Federal aid is projected at about $440,000 instead of $750,000, prompting plans to seek clarification from state officials and possibly invite local lawmakers to a future meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High School Commission
Taconic
State Department of Education
Roger W
Gas Co Proposes 15 Percent Heat Savings for Courthouse
Berkshire Gas Co. sales rep Michael H. Condron Jr told County Commissioners the courthouse could switch from steam heat supplied by Western Massachusetts Electric to gas heat at about 15 percent savings. Evolving steam costs for 1967-68 ran to $6,746, with gas engineers estimating roughly 14 percent lower costs. The panel will review estimates with oil heat engineers before acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael H. Condron Jr
Berkshire Gas Co
Western Mass. Electric Co
Condron
Road Discontinuance Sought in Hancock
Hancock officials seek to discontinue a portion of Corey Road to aid an expansion program at Jiminy Peak ski development. John C. Smith Jr, chairman of the Hancock Selectmen, asks if the county has jurisdiction and what steps are required. County Engineer William A. Heaphy will study the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Smith Jr
Hancock Selectmen
Corey Road
Jiminy Peak
William A. Heaphy
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Della Giustina
American School Health Association
Dalton
Lillian F, Bernhagen
NEW
Wilson
Umass
Brad
Berkshire
Dalton Ave
Allendale Shopping Center
Cleaners
Hilary J. Sandoval Jr
AIC
Reading
Clifford Honiker
Sriggs Ave
Beulah Zillig
Maplewood Ave
North Street
Coltsville
Berkshire Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Merrill Road
Shark Mitchell
William School
Lauri W. Waananen
Fire Dept
Methodists
Elmo F. Young
Springfield
United Methodist Church
Western District
Rockridge
Laurel Per
William H. Duvall
New England
Concord
Gloucester
Berkshire Baptist and
Pioneer Valley Association
McClintock & Craig
Young
Asbury First United Methodist Church
Newton Center
Newton
Archibald G. Young
Springfield Goodwill Industries
Mr. Young
Violette E. Olson
John
Peace Corps
Kenya
Africa
George
Albion
Mich
Lakewood Club
Wellington
Supt
James P. Reynolds
Commission
Walter I. Markham
State Division of Vocational Education
Douglas A. Chandler
Hancock
Pittsfield-Lenox Rd
Rayvette
Mayfair Beauty Salon
North St
Royal Cleaners
Savings Bank Life Insurance
Earl Ken Perry
C.L.A
Berkshire County Savings Bank
Park Square
Mass
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